Bachelor of science in mathematics and physics from USAF Academy, 1974; master of science in physics from Ohio State University, 1975; Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of Colorado, 1982; Assistant Professor, University of Colorado; Major General, USAF Reserves; hobbies: Running, skiing, bicycling, basketball, softball, photography; later again Assistant Professor at University of Colorado, was promoted to a "full professor" in 1990; next Director of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E); from October 2005 to August 2007 Under Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.; since September 01, 2007 professor of systems engineering and as vice president for Applied Research for the Colorado State University Research Foundation, or CSURF.